The first thing to check before cows go into a paddock is whether they have access to water or whether the tap on the trough ...

A small herd of Old Irish Goats attracted almost 2,000 visitors from across Carlow in the sunshine recently as people of all ...

The average price paid for Angus bull calves from 3-6 weeks of age at marts in the week ending Sunday, May 4, reached a ...

The ICSA and the IFA have offered a mixed response to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine's (DAFM) TB summit.

Minister Martin Heydon has met with the Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS) to discuss the future of the Irish ...

Ireland's timber industry will require more ground to be planted if it is to survive, and there are big rewards for those who ...

Five years ago saw the Truesdale family, from Ballyward in Co Down, switch the focus of their farm beef and sheep farm to ...

Prices being paid for beef cattle at marts "are the equivalent of €8.50/kg" [carcase weight], according to the ICSA president ...

It is important to realise the efforts made by farmers in raising animals slowly as part of the growing slow food movement, ...

DAERA is asking farmers to be vigilant during the current warm and dry spring weather as the potential wildfire hazard risk ...

Grass growth rates have surely taken off this week with growth rates averaging about 77kg of dry matter (DM)/ha/ day and is ...

Tillage farmers need rain over the coming days to maintain crop growth rates. But this is only part of the story.